Stine
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Gail Carriger:
I know this is a really weird question, but why do ghosts have clothes on? I'm not complaining, naked ghosts would be weird and far more scary. I always assumed they wore the clothes they died in, so if a person died on laundry day they would wear sweatpants for the rest of their ghostly existence. But clothes are not physically attached to the body, so how do clothes become part of a ghost? Weird thought, I know.
Gail Carriger
I'm my world the ghost's image of herself is based on her own memory. Thus she may look younger then when she died, or prettier (or uglier) and may be in a favorite dress, or in her nightgown. Sure she may be naked, but only if she thinks of herself that way, which most Victorians wouldn't. It all depends on what the ghost thinks of herself. Cohesion is based on the brain's corporal memory, as well as the brain's interface with aetheric particles.
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Kylie Cantwell
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Gail Carriger:
Hi Gail, I have just discovered your novels and am enjoying them immensely! The girls at Madame Geraldine's are such fun and Alexia is such a strong woman, beautifully suited to managing a werewolf husband! I've enjoyed seeing Sidhaig and Vieve in their roles in Alexia's life too. I was wondering if you have any plans to travel to Aus/NZ in the future?
K Whatsherface
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Gail Carriger:
Are there any plans to turn you Soulless world novellas in an anthology? I remember you saying somewhere with as short as the novellas were they were only going to be ebooks (I wasn't able to find this again to confirm it so I could be making this up) but is it possible that 2 or 3 of them may get published as a print together?
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